Director of Social Sustainability

We re excited to be partnered with a leading property development and construction organisation to appoint a Director of Social Sustainability, a newly created, high-impact leadership role at the heart of their ESG agenda.This is a unique opportunity to build and shape a social sustainability function, driving real, measurable impact across communities while influencing major development and construction projects. You ll operate at both strategic and operational levels, embedding social value into the business and helping define its long-term approach to community impact, with a key focus on place-based outcomes, employment and education programmes, and long-term community partnerships.What you ll be doing: Lead and Shape Strategy Define and evolve a market-leading social sustainability strategy, translating ambition into clear priorities, measurable targets and organisation-wide accountability.Drive Social Value Across Projects Embed social sustainability across development, construction and operations, ensuring meaningful community impact from planning through to delivery.Champion Community Impact Deliver high-impact, place-based initiatives spanning employment, skills, education and community investment, generating lasting local benefit.Inspire and Grow a High-Performing Team Build and lead a high-performing, inclusive team, fostering collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.Own Measurement, Governance and Reporting Implement robust frameworks to measure, ..... full job details .....